MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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